<a href="http://snohetta.com/">Snøhetta</a>’s newest design for the city of Oslo isn’t an <a href="http://inhabitat.com/snohettas-glacier-inspired-deloitte-office-building-finally-opens-in-norway/" target="_blank">innovative new building</a>- it's a fabulous <a href="http://inhabitat.com/6-buzzworthy-backyard-beehive-designs/" target="_blank">new home for bees</a>! The Vulkan Beehive project comprises a pair of soaring geometric hives that have taken residence atop the Mathallen Food Hall in Oslo’s city center. Inspired by the shape of a honeycomb itself, the urban hive brings fresh honey to the food hall below.

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The gorgeous Vulkan Beehives were designed to reflect their use- multi-faceted like cut <a href="http://inhabitat.com/atelierd-builds-a-giant-honeycomb-pavilion-to-attract-bees-humans-alike/" target="_blank">honeycomb</a>, with a stretched texturized hexagon pattern on each of its surfaces.

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Snohetta Vulkan Beehive

Clad in a warm honey color, the pair of beehives double as sculptures, adorning the roof and visible from the street below.

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Snohetta Vulkan Beehive

Made entirely of wood, the hive structures also blend well with the timber flower beds adjacent to them on the roof garden they call home.

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Snohetta Vulkan Beehive

The city looked to Snøhetta to create an enticing way to <a href="http://inhabitat.com/500000-bees-move-into-seattle-tacoma-airport/" target="_blank">bring more bees to the area</a>, while also inspiring design lovers to inquire about the sculptural pieces.

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Snohetta Vulkan Beehive

Being visible from the street, the beehives encourage passersby to inquire about urban beekeeping, sustainability and environmentalism. Inside the two hives, 160,000 bees thrive, tended to daily by an on-site urban beekeeper.

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Snohetta Vulkan Beehive

A model of the design

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Snohetta Vulkan Beehive

Snøhetta’s newest design for the city of Oslo isn’t an innovative new building- it's a fabulous new home for bees! The Vulkan Beehive project comprises a pair of soaring geometric hives that have taken residence atop the Mathallen Food Hall in Oslo’s city center. Inspired by the shape of a honeycomb itself, the urban hive brings fresh honey to the food hall below.